NPR News: 07-23-2026 12AM EDT

Giles Snyder· Host0:00

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The Trump administration has signed a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and the Saudi energy minister signed a nuclear cooperation agreement Wednesday that could potentially provide Saudi Arabia with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program, despite concerns that it could lead to a weapons program. Matthew Bunn is a nuclear proliferation expert at Harvard University.

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I think it's very likely that if Saudi Arabia moved in this direction, the United States, uh, would have a variety of tools to try to pressure them. But still, agreeing to this kind of an agreement, uh, especially if it does lead to selling Saudi Arabia the uranium enrichment technology that would allow them to make bomb material, does pose some increased risks.

Giles Snyder· Host0:55

The deal must be reviewed by Congress, which has ninety days to consider it. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has had another strong quarter, with its cloud computing business soaring on the back of rising demand for artificial intelligence. NPR's Shawn Bruich reports the company is investing heavily in AI-related tech.

Shawn Bruich1:14

Alphabet said its revenue rose by twenty-four percent in the quarter. That was driven in part by a booming cloud computing business, which leapt eighty-two percent from the same quarter last year. The company said search was also strong, hitting an all-time high during the World Cup. But even after that strong